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ALMA’s Highest-Frequency Capabilities

Illustration highlighting ALMA's high-frequency observing capabilities

A team of scientists using the highest-frequency capabilities of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has uncovered jets of warm water vapor streaming away from a newly forming star. The researchers also detected the “fingerprints” of an astonishing assortment of molecules near this stellar nursery. These two discoveries, made possible by ALMA’s highest-frequency capabilities, are depicted here in this artists impression.

Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello

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